Holder for wallpaper cleaner



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Patented. July 5, 1%49 UNIED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOLDER FOR WALLPAPERCLEANER John Andrew Johnson, Belleville, 111.

Application August 4, 1948, Serial No. 42,473

1 Claim. 1

My invention relates to improvements in holders for wall paper cleaner.

My invention relates more particularly to a holder for wall papercleaner of the type that is normally held in the hand of the user andrubbed over the paper picking up dust, dirt, fly specks, cob webs andgenerally cleansing the surface of the paper in a very satisfactorymanner. The cleaner is a pliable mass which is kneaded to bring cleanerparts of the same to the surface as it is used, having been introducedsome years ago and now being in extensive use throughout the country.

A disadvantage in the use of this cleaner however lies in the fact thathigh ceilings, borders and upper parts of walls are inaccessible to theaverage housewife, unless she uses a step-ladder or other support whichmust be constantly moved as the upper Wall or ceiling is being cleaned.

I have overcome this disadvantage by providing a holder which due to itsparticular construction fixedly holds a mass of cleaner in position foruse, the construction preventing the removal of the mass during use, yetpermitting kneading of the same to permit bringing cleaner parts of themass to the surface as the cleaner is being used.

The holder is also provided with a socket to receive the end of a broomor mopstick sothat for high portions of the walls and the ceilings theholder can be fastened on the end of a broom or mopstick to bring thesesurfaces within the reach of the housewife without the use of stepladders or other supports.

Other objects and advantages will be more apparent from the followingdescription wherein ref erence is had to the accompanying drawing, uponIn the embodiment of the invention which I have chosen to illustrate anddescribe herein, in Fig. l, I have shown the construction of my improvedholder which includes a container l piv= otally mounted at the end of asocket l2 that may be fastened over a pole M of any suitable ordesirable length.

The container it is filled with a mass of wallpaper cleaner M of thetype to which I have referred with sufficient of the cleaner protrudingfrom the holder so that it can form a surface to press against the paperupon the wall or ceiling l6 and as it is rubbed across the same, it willpick up dirt, dust, cobwebs or other sediment which has settled upon thesurface of the wallpaper.

The holder may be in the form of a rectangularly shaped container havingthe bottom wall l 8, the side walls 20 and 22, the front wall 24 and aback wall 26 which is outwardly curved and extended upwardly to a higherpoint than the top of the front wall 24. The top opening 28 may besmaller than the internal size of the container, it being desirable toform an inward roll 30 in the upper edge of each of the side walls.

I extend a pivot member 32 downwardly from the bottom of the container,the same having an opening therethrough and adapted to be fastened bymeans of a screw member 34 through a pair of ear members 36 and 38 atthe upper end of the socket [2.

I provide a wing nut 40 for securely fastening the socket and thecontainer together the wing nut being provided so that there may beadjustment between the socket and the holder when desired.

From the above and foregoing description it can be seen that due to theroll-over edges of the opening 28 in the container, a quantity ofwallpaper cleaner M may be placed therein being firmly pressed into thecontainer with the finger or thumbs of the hand so that portions of thecleaner fill out the entire container and the mass becomes locked in theopen end of the container due to the positioning of some of the samebeneath the rolled-over edges.

When a portion of a wall or ceiling has been cleaned, the surface of thecleaner will have dirt and dust thereon and at this time the mass iskneaded with the thumbs to dispose this portion of the cleaner inwardlyand bring to the surface cleaner and fresher portions of the mass. Inthis way, with occasional kneading of the mass a comparatively largesurface area can be cleaned with a given quantity of cleaner.

With the construction which I have provided, it can be seen that theholder may either be manually grasped by the socket for cleaningwallpaper, or other surfaces, or the socket may be positioned over theend of a pole such as a broom or mopstick after which higher Wallsurfaces and ceilings may be easily reached for cleaning without the useof ladders or other supports.

While I have illustrated and described a specific embodiment of theinvention, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that changesbeing upwardly sloping and the back wall being 10 higher than the frontwall, a circular inwardly turned ledge around the top of the entireperiphery of the four side walls of the holder, said ledge formedintegral with said side walls and having its inwardly turned edgepositioned against said side walls, said ledge adapted to retain thewall paper cleaner in said holder during use.

JOHN ANDREW JOHNSON.

REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 558,292 Lyons et a1 Apr. 14, 18961,111,499 Sayre Sept. 22, 1914 1,872,289 Hoff Aug. 16, 1932

